Author: Michael Laprarie

The first official casualty of yesterday’s Iowa caucus: Michele Bachmann. “Last night, the people of Iowa spoke with a very clear voice, so I have decided to stand aside,” …

With 95% of votes in, the Des Moines Register is reporting Romney at 24.6%, Rick Santorum at 24.5%, and Ron Paul with a close 3rd place finish at 21.5%.  …

The rhetorical, anonymous “they’s” have been out in full force the last few days, whispering in the ears of the mainstream media that Iowa is too white, too evangelical, …

So writes Timothy Dalrymple, who explores the interesting phenomenon of how liberals are handling the stunning reversals in policies enacted by President Obama, compared to the idealism of Candidate …

Democrats think that they won a big political victory by extending the Social Security withholding rate cut (4.2% instead of the standard 6.2%) for another 60 days.  Apparently losing …

(This was originally published on my blog Thanksgiving 2008.) In an article that first appeared in The Free Market in 1985, Richard J. Maybury explains: The official story has …

If you follow investment and financial news, you are no doubt aware of the bankruptcy of MF Global, a powerful futures brokerage.   Before its bankruptcy, MF Global was …

That’s the conclusion reached by Karl over at Hot Air, in response to Jonathan Chait coining the term “inequality deniers” in a recent New York Magazine article. Chait’s piece …

“Has there been any more egregious double standard towards the right over the last five years than the commentariat’s treatment of OWS versus the tea party?” At the first …

Is it just me, or does death seem to always be hovering around the Obama Administration? Attacks by US military drone aircraft have dramatically increased, leading to the likely …